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78R2720 MTB-D

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 483



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for the establishment of a state 
airport in Central Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.069(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  In determining an appropriate location for the airport, 
the department shall consider:
		(1)  the convenience, comfort, and accommodation of air 
traffic flying into and departing from the Central Texas region, 
including persons traveling for business and commercial reasons, 
government officials, and tourists; [and]
		(2)  the safe operation of aircraft flying into and 
departing from the Central Texas region;
		(3)  property in Central Texas owned by the most 
populous city in the region; and
		(4)  in the interest of cost-efficiency, property with 
existing airport facilities.
	SECTION 2.  Section 21.069(c), Transportation Code, is 
repealed.             
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.